teachers' personal lives / ''Madam''

June Ewing doctorwhofan02 at yahoo.ca
Tue Apr 26 15:15:49 UTC 2011


No: HPFGUIDX 190294

>Bart:
><snip> Oh, also, I'm pretty sure Madam Pomfrey is married. Unless
>"Madam" is her first name...

> Lynda:
> I always thought Madam was a title for a Hogwarts affiliated
> staff who was a female who was not an actual teacher. Therefore
> Madam Pomfrey, the nurse and Madam Hooch, who isn't a proper
> teacher but the quidditch and flying coach.

June:
Exactly, Lynda is correct about this. To use Madam as a title to
show someone as married, that would be France or Quebec, Canada.
Madam meaning Mrs is French not British.





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